tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post4015573788608975739..comments2018-03-12T22:48:14.394-07:00Comments on Atheism: Proving The Negative: Reasonable Belief, Proof, and UncertaintyMatt McCormicknoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-25907877090525732752008-04-11T22:03:00.000-07:002008-04-11T22:03:00.000-07:00MikeSpeir: Even so, Christianity has backed itself...MikeSpeir: Even so, Christianity has backed itself into a corner by asserting we don't even have a right to doubt...<BR/><BR/>I dont think this is an accurate statement... The entire biblical story is filled with people seeking to follow God in the midst of great doubt... <BR/><BR/>If a Christian never experiences doubt, then that person is never actually experiencing their faith or reading the bible... <BR/><BR/>Brian<BR/><BR/>PS: Matt, that was incredibly well written and I appreciate the honesty in actually putting varying viewpoints on the same standard of proof and logic...Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07217703512752929128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-69140830154277100692008-03-28T08:58:00.000-07:002008-03-28T08:58:00.000-07:00Samuel SkinnerThere are theism cases that are poss...Samuel Skinner<BR/>There are theism cases that are possible. Unforunately for tose cases, the very things that enable them to match with reality, also mean they don't interfer with reality. And since they are needless people generally take Occum's razor and shave them away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-29539121740756435202008-03-27T15:40:00.000-07:002008-03-27T15:40:00.000-07:00I'm not sure I'd even use the word "possibility," ...I'm not sure I'd even use the word "possibility," since I don't know how it would be possible for God to exist.<BR/><BR/>Even so, Christianity has backed itself into a corner by asserting we don't even have a right to doubt, not only that God exists, but that the elemental tenets of the religion are true. Thus, even if it were truly a "Mexican standoff" as to the evidence, it would undermine the Christian faith. It would, because in order to assert that disbelief rightly warrants endless punishment Christianity must show that the evidence is overwhelmingly in its favor. It cannot come close to that.mikespeirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11598639295632896831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-64399366790624957842008-03-27T14:39:00.000-07:002008-03-27T14:39:00.000-07:00This is a great point. Somehow, the mere possibili...This is a great point. Somehow, the mere <I>possibility</I> of God existing, however remote, is taken to fatally undermine the atheist view. Yet the possibility of God <I>not</I> existing does not seem to comparably undermine the theist view, at least not in the eyes of people who make this argument. Instead, if they can dream up any scenario, however bizarre or improbable, where God exists and causes the things we observe, that is taken as complete vindication.<BR/><BR/>I'll definitely be on the lookout for this double standard in the future. Thanks!Ebonmusehttp://www.daylightatheism.org/noreply@blogger.com